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Investor profile

Les Craig

General Partner, Next Frontier Capital

About

Les Craig is a former CIA officer turned venture capitalist at Next Frontier Capital who brings a national security lens to assessing founders and technologies, which is unusual in mainstream VC. He's also known as one of the visible evangelists for building venture-scale companies specifically in Montana and the broader Northern Rockies region, hosting "Found in the Rockies" podcast and regularly speaking about investing strategies for the Mountain West. Les Craig is a former CIA officer turned venture capitalist at Next Frontier Capital who brings a national security lens to assessing founders and technologies, which is unusual in mainstream VC. He's also known as one of the visible evangelists for building venture-scale companies specifically in Montana and the broader Northern Rockies region, hosting "Found in the Rockies" podcast and regularly speaking about investing strategies for the Mountain West.

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Investment focus

Stages
Seed
Series A
Sectors
SaaS
AI
Cybersecurity
Climate
Deeptech
Hardware

Investment details

Avg check size$2M - $5M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
USA